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Dec 12, 2025
The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country's government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries.
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Dec 12, 2025
The lawsuit was a warning to European officials who are racing to agree to a plan to use Russian government assets in Europe to lend money to Ukraine.
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Dec 12, 2025
Backed by White House officials, the tech billionaire has lashed out at the European Union after his social media platform X was fined last week.
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Dec 12, 2025
Zohran Mamdani isn't just a superfan. Until recently, he was a key player on the Talking Headers, a rec-league team in Brooklyn.
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Dec 12, 2025
A Ukrainian peace plan, sent this week to Washington, pushes back against President Trump's proposal that Ukraine give up more land for peace.
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Dec 12, 2025
Today we look at the state of American inertia.
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Dec 12, 2025
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
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Dec 12, 2025
A video of the king discussing his "recovery journey" will air on Channel 4 on Friday. He was diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer last year.
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Dec 12, 2025
Investment in manufacturing, infrastructure and property is expected to fall this year, a remarkable turn for an economy whose growth reshaped the world.
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Dec 12, 2025
Larry Ellison is backstopping Paramount's bid for Warner Brothers, but Warner Brothers is concerned that the billionaire has not provided a personal guarantee to pay.
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Dec 12, 2025
David Ellison is cozying up to Trump in his effort to save Hollywood. It's a risky strategy for our democracy.
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Dec 12, 2025
Many understand the dance their leaders must perform to appease President Trump. But that doesn't make them any less weary of the rounds and rounds of talks.
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Dec 12, 2025
Troops who play a part in deadly missions that they see as wrong or unjustified may suffer deep psychological harm as a result, research has shown.
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Dec 12, 2025
For more than a decade, the Supreme Court's conservative majority has chipped away at Congress's power to insulate independent agencies from politics. Now, the court has signaled its willingness to expand presidential power once again.
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Dec 12, 2025
A retired lawyer lost the money in a tech support scam, a type of online fraud that is surging. Citibank said it couldn't recover the funds, which criminals wired from inside his account.
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Dec 12, 2025
Russia has been targeting energy infrastructure in Ukraine, leaving multiple cities without electricity. Kim Barker, who's been covering the war, gives us a glimpse into the daily life of Ukrainians living with power cuts.
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Dec 12, 2025
Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science actually shows about its effectiveness.
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Dec 12, 2025
Alexandra Jacobs, Jennifer Szalai and Dwight Garner look back at the books that, as Jacobs writes, "bonked me on the head this year."
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Dec 12, 2025
Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump.
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Dec 12, 2025
When teachers do assign whole books, they often choose from a stagnant list of classics.
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Dec 12, 2025
President Trump's planned intervention comes as the hostilities entered their fifth day and appeared to escalate, and while Thailand moves toward early elections.
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Dec 12, 2025
A video of the king discussing his "recovery journey" will air on Channel 4 on Friday, British media reported. He was diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer last year.
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Dec 12, 2025
Zohran Mamdani isn't just a superfan. Until recently, he was a key player on the Talking Headers, a rec-league team where he was known as Z.
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Dec 12, 2025
The new visa for rich foreigners had Kimmel rethinking the Statue of Liberty's inscription: "Never mind your poor and tired. Give us a million bucks — you're in."
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Dec 12, 2025
For hundreds of millions of Indians, toxic winter air poisons bodies, constricts lives and wears down spirits.
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Dec 12, 2025
The company said the new law, which makes it illegal for children under 16 to have social media accounts, infringes on children's rights.
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Dec 12, 2025
For China, President Trump's moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains.
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Dec 11, 2025
The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely.
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Dec 11, 2025
The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
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Dec 11, 2025
Austin Dirks used a Garmin satellite device to reach emergency responders, who rescued him in a remote canyon in Arches National Park.
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Dec 11, 2025
A gas line explosion in Hayward, Calif., sent multiple victims to the hospital and led to a fire that burned several houses. Two people remained unaccounted for, an official said.
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Dec 11, 2025
Just as this week's floodwaters in the Pacific Northwest begin to recede, forecasters warn, another storm will approach the West Coast.
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Dec 11, 2025
President Trump's failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.
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Dec 11, 2025
A gas line explosion in Hayward, Calif., sent multiple victims to the hospital and led to a fire that burned several houses. Two people remained unaccounted for, an official said.
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Dec 11, 2025
Republicans hold an overwhelming majority in the Indiana Senate, but more than a dozen of them defied the president's wishes, voting against a map aimed at adding Republicans in Congress.
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Dec 11, 2025
The tanker was headed eastward and had recently carried Iranian oil. The seizure is an escalation in President Trump's military pressure campaign against Venezuela's leader, Nicolás Maduro.
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Dec 11, 2025
The speaker has repeatedly lost his grip on the House floor thanks to a once rare parliamentary maneuver that G.O.P. members are increasingly using to force action on legislation.
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Dec 11, 2025
The United States is escalating its pressure campaign on Venezuela's leader, Nicolás Maduro, after seizing an oil tanker off the coast.
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Dec 11, 2025
A Thursday ruling said the Trump administration cannot eliminate the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program without Congress.
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Dec 11, 2025
Also, Indiana Republicans rejected Trump's redistricting push. Here's the latest at the end of Thursday.
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Dec 11, 2025
Do Kwon, who designed the virtual currencies Luna and TerraUSD, which plunged in 2022, had pleaded guilty to fraud.
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Dec 11, 2025
His two-character work won a Pulitzer Prize and had a long Broadway run, but he never replicated its success and struggled to get his later work staged.
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Dec 11, 2025
Trump is not interested in refighting the Cold War. He is, in my view, interested in fighting the civilizational war over what is the American "home."
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Dec 11, 2025
Republicans hold an overwhelming majority in the Indiana Senate, but more than a dozen of them defied the president's wishes, voting against a map aimed at adding Republicans in Congress.
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Dec 11, 2025
It was a striking rejection of the administration's retribution campaign.
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Dec 11, 2025
Tyler Robinson faces murder charges in Utah in the Sept. 10 assassination of Mr. Kirk, the political activist and ally of President Trump.
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Dec 11, 2025
The Treasury Secretary unveiled changes to the Financial Stability Oversight Council to ease "overregulation."
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Dec 11, 2025
The S&P 500 edged higher as investors shrugged off concerns over Oracle's earnings. It was just enough.
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Dec 11, 2025
The atmospheric river over the Pacific Northwest brought a deluge to British Columbia, forcing road closures and evacuations in Canada.
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Dec 11, 2025
The atmospheric river over the Pacific Northwest brought a deluge to British Columbia, forcing road closures and evacuations in Canada.
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Dec 11, 2025
The former chief executive, Michael S. Jeffries, was charged with running an international sex-trafficking ring. An earlier ruling found that he could not be tried because he had Alzheimer's.
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Dec 11, 2025
The group's report had been expected to provide a road map for change after months of upheaval at the agency.
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Dec 11, 2025
Seizures of more tankers could put a stranglehold on Venezuela's economy, which is exceptionally dependent on oil to keep the government running and pay for basic necessities.
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Dec 11, 2025
Some disciplinary measures have been imposed on the lecturer, including being monitored as she teaches a class on diversity and social justice.
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Dec 11, 2025
Republicans blocked Democrats' effort to extend the expiring subsidies while Democrats thwarted a G.O.P. proposal to replace them with direct payments for basic health coverage.
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Dec 11, 2025
Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. "Do not wait," local officials warned residents as they urged them to seek higher ground.
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Dec 11, 2025
Desperate to catch up with Chinese automakers, Ford is redesigning its fleet with a Silicon Valley-style team. Is it too late?
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Dec 11, 2025
A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.
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Dec 11, 2025
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area's "lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage," a state health official said.
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Dec 11, 2025
American officials joined Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran in objecting to language on fossils fuels, biodiversity and plastics in a report that was three years in the making.
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Dec 11, 2025
The Ukrainian leader rejected the demand, making clear that territorial issues remain unresolved as Ukraine and Europe sent a counterproposal to the United States.
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Dec 11, 2025
María Corina Machado reappeared on the global stage as the Trump administration ramped up its pressure campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.
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Dec 11, 2025
It's hard to make a movie studio tour exciting when movies aren't made there anymore. "A vibe of tiredness, like the end of something," one guest said.
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Dec 11, 2025
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, has overseen President Trump's immigration policy, including efforts to detain more immigrants and pause visa applications.
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Dec 11, 2025
Off the coast of British Columbia, dolphins lead killer whales to salmon and earn their share of lunch, a new study reveals.
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Dec 11, 2025
A tangle of problems at IndiGo, the dominant carrier, resulted in gridlocked airports across the country. Worse, it was the symptom of an even bigger problem.
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Dec 11, 2025
The judge said it was "troubling" that the Trump administration had kept Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in custody for nearly four months without following through on its pledge to re-expel him.
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Dec 11, 2025
U.S. imports and exports ticked up from lows the previous month when the president's global tariffs went into effect, while the trade deficit continued to fall.
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Dec 11, 2025
Heavy rain across the Pacific Northwest sent rivers toward record heights, putting thousands at risk in Washington and British Columbia.
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Dec 11, 2025
The deal is a watershed for Hollywood, which has been trying to sort through the possible harms and upsides of generative artificial intelligence.
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Dec 11, 2025
The Trump administration is threatening the Fed's autonomy, which the central bank regained with the Treasury-Fed accord in 1951.
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Dec 11, 2025
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced he was stepping down, becoming the latest leader to leave in the past four years, amid public anger over corruption and democratic dysfunction.
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Dec 11, 2025
President Trump wants substantially lower borrowing costs, but officials at the central bank appear ready to resist delivering further cuts if the economic backdrop does not warrant it.
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Dec 11, 2025
Shares in the technology company are down as investors grow anxious that its bet on artificial intelligence, and OpenAI in particular, may not pay off.
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Dec 11, 2025
Diplomatic efforts have stalled as Britain, France and Germany try to push President Trump away from a proposal to end the conflict that would favor Russia.
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Dec 11, 2025
Unlike during his last time in the White House, people now disapprove of Trump because of the economy, not in spite of it.
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Dec 11, 2025
We look at the social media influencer accused of rape and human trafficking, who was freed from Romania after courting Trump's allies and family members.
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Dec 11, 2025
María Corina Machado reappeared on the global stage as the Trump administration ramped up its pressure campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.
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Dec 11, 2025
The widening scope of the conflict between the two neighbors presents a challenge to President Trump's tariff diplomacy, which he has brandished as a peacemaking tool.
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Dec 11, 2025
Plus, the secret to selling 150 million books.
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Dec 11, 2025
Critics say Syria's fledgling government is hobbling military preparedness as it redoes the country's forces from scratch.
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Dec 11, 2025
President Trump wants substantially lower borrowing costs, but officials at the central bank appear ready to resist delivering further cuts if the economic backdrop does not warrant it.
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Dec 11, 2025
The president continues to brush off an issue that he said he would solve in his first months in office. Some Democrats say he is making the same mistake as his predecessor.
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Dec 11, 2025
President Trump wants a new congressional map in Indiana that would boost Republicans, but he has struggled to win over some state lawmakers in his party.
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Dec 11, 2025
Actors took big swings in 2025. Here are some of the best.
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Dec 11, 2025
Unlike during his last time in the White House, people now disapprove of Trump because of the economy, not in spite of it.
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Dec 11, 2025
Late-night came roaring back to life, Roy Wood Jr. delivered a must-see special and Amy Poehler made a must-listen podcast.
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Dec 11, 2025
Desperate to catch up with Chinese automakers, Ford is redesigning its fleet with a Silicon Valley-style team. Is it too late?
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Dec 11, 2025
The atmospheric river over the Pacific Northwest brought a deluge to British Columbia, forcing road closures and evacuations in Canada.
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Dec 11, 2025
The University of Michigan fired Sherrone Moore earlier in the day, an abrupt end to his career there, one of the highest profile jobs in college football.
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Dec 11, 2025
Investigators said that a security camera recorded thieves preparing to burgle the Louvre. The museum's director said previously that the camera was facing the wrong way.
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Dec 11, 2025
Faced with an affordability crisis and rising energy demands, Gov. Kathy Hochul has slowed progress on New York's efforts to fight climate change.
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Dec 11, 2025
The dogs are part of a mental wellness program that began after a rash of officer suicides. The dog unit's fate is unclear as Commissioner Jessica Tisch shifts more officers to patrol duty.
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Dec 11, 2025
Among other things, President Trump claimed to be a big hit with Black voters. But Desi Lydic says her potato salad is getting better numbers.
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Dec 11, 2025
It's an actual place, not an arbitrarily bounded zone.
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Dec 11, 2025
The tariffs will apply to goods from China and other nations. Washington has been pressuring Mexico to move away from dealing with China.
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Dec 11, 2025
King Juan Carlos I of Spain abdicated and left for exile years ago. Now, his attempted comeback is giving his family a royal headache.
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Dec 10, 2025
María Corina Machado, who spent over a year in hiding in Venezuela, greeted supporters in Oslo, hours after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in her name.
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Dec 10, 2025
Thailand says ordnance replanted by Cambodia has injured or maimed more than a dozen of its soldiers. Cambodia rejects the accusation.
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Dec 10, 2025
New York is a city of hustlers, of odds makers and shot takers. For 54 years, Jimmy's Corner has been their bar.
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